Posted on 08/27/2010 11:45:13 AM PDT by Hank Kerchief
Thanks for the laugh!
Yeah, they love ‘tradition’ but when they need a scapegoat they’ll grab at anything to hide behind.
Do I have to say again that the question asked for your view on the issue of scripture and Sabbath? I can't imagine that would do any good. Nor will pointing out the simple fact that you still haven't given your view in response to the question.
Ok. I'm gonna give the benefit of the doubt here. I'm going to assume you just cannot grasp the concept, or that for some reason you're not capable of understanding what "your view" means on this question. Or that something in the form of this particular question just cannot be understood by you. Whatever reason, there's something in answering it directly that you can't see or do.
My apologies for asking of you something you can't do. I wish you well and may God bless you and yours.
What? Can't you sell Catholicism on its own merits?
It sometimes seems like
scape goats, hatches, excuses, rationalizations, extrapolations to Alpha Centauri & back . . .
are engineered into every other paragraph of their primary documents.
Incredible.
Sounds like folks think that when they bear false witness with
“ONLY GOD”
watching vs the RM,
that they think they are home safe.
The only presumed consequence may be more white hankys.
Both are largely undefined - Evangelical much more so than Protestant - in terms of beliefs and practices. A dodge.
As far as your belief in the Gospel, if you get far beyond the Apostles Creed or Nicene Creed (both of which Catholics and Orthodox also believe), you will find a great deal of disagreement.
I would include the Athenasian Creed as well, which deals out many people who have developed innovations over the last few centuries.
The beliefs are often quite conflicting and anything but unified. Would you care to explain how High Church Anglicans and Southern Baptists have "unified" beliefs about the Eucharist or Baptism?
They don't. Obviously not. They agree on some Scripture and some Christian beliefs, but as a unified group, they do not qualify.
Please don't. The good Quix ably demonstrates his attachment to Christianity on a constant basis, and by parading a donkey about on a conservative forum, he also more than adequately illustrates his other beliefs as well.
Quix knows what he is doing. Do not despair.
That kind of post says more about the poster than it does about the target. Ignore it.
Also, posters on a Religion Forum should be aware that when they falsely accuse another Freeper of telling a lie (or bearing false witness) then they are guilty of the exact same thing.
But RF posters should not be surprised when other posters tell them that if they don’t believe exactly the same way they do, then they’re doomed to hell. When one belief spawns from another, both typically condemn the other, i.e. apostate, anathema, cult, heretic, Satanic, etc.
It’s rough in the town square and that's why thin-skinned posters should IGNORE "open" RF threads altogether and instead post to caucus, ecumenical, prayer or devotional threads.
Still accusing another poster individually of a sin is inflammatory. Telling another poster he is bearing a false witness may not sound so bad, but what if you had said “you are an adulterer?”
Religion Forum posters probably are much more sensitive to accusations of sin or moral failures. The accusation itself understandably can incite a flame war or cause resentment.
My thinking now is that accusing any Religion Forum poster individually of breaking any of the “ten commandments” or of hating God or other people should be considered “making it personal.”
That prohibition would not apply to deities, religious figures, religious authorities, authors or groups of believers. For instance, it would not be making it personal to say “Muslims are adulterers” or “Protestants bear false witness” or “Catholics worship idols”.
Mull this over and let me know what you think. I won't make a change until I get some feedback.
WORKS FOR ME.
Sounds like Holy Spirit’s wisdom.
I’m touched by Holy Spirit’s anointing in your life and ministry hereon
yet again.
I do have still a slight to moderate reservation . . . not sure how to put it and I think it’s probably inconsequential.
I suspect you probably answered it when you said to post Scripture and ignore it otherwise.
It just feels like it would be good to have a kosher short response to outrageously untrue assertions.
Maybe Mutley or some other fitting gif would work.
I respect the suggestion about responding with Scripture but plenty of Scriptures could be construed as in violation of the Rel Forum rules, too! LOL.
Maybe I’m making too much of such relentless outrageously, brazenly untrue posts.
Your proposed stance/rules adjustment sounds pretty workable, I think. Shoot. We should try it for 90 days and see.
MAY HE BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ABUNDANTLY.
Ok, let's see, I'm willing to give you another shot at it then. (It doesn't require you to "bow to Satan.")
Notice that it is so simple a question that "yes" or "no" is a valid answer to it, though feel free to elaborate afterward on your affirmative or negative response.
Remember, please, this is "in your view":
In your view: Does God’s word say you are violating the commandments by celebrating the Lord’s Day on Sunday?
Sounds good to me.
All right, that's enough. You're the one who started this by accusing me of not knowing Scripture in post #2390. Running on Empty correctly called you out on reading my mind in post #2401. All I've been doing since then is been responding to your jihad against anyone who would dare stand up to you and/or dare dispute your wacked-out rants, as you sound amply demonstrated when you lashed out against D-fendr in #2617. And when I post a graphic calling you out for your troll-like tactics, the "thin-skinned" accusations against me still continue!? Do you realize how ridiculous you sound!?
Do you have any idea how old a lot of those “ornate” churches are? You should see Houston’s First Baptist or Second Baptist. They are both rather large. Neither are so large as the House of Joel. First Methodist has a multi-campus spread.
Who are these people worshipping?
The "don't feed the trolls" cartoons serve no purpose if you ignore them, so ignore them.
Keeping on digging, buddy.
You have become too thin-skinned for this thread. Leave the thread.
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